Foolishness is wretchedness
الْحُمْقُ شَقَاءٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness is the most harmful companion
الْحُمْقُ أَضَرُّ الْأَصْحَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness is the worst ailment
الْحُمْقُ أَدْوَأُ الدَّاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness is from the fruits of ignorance
الْحُمْقُ مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَهْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness is an ailment which cannot be remedied and a sickness that cannot be cured
الْحُمْقُ دَاءٌ لَا يُدَاوَى وَمَرَضٌ لَا يَبْرَأُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst indigence is foolishness
أَفْقَرُ الْفَقْرِ الْحُمْقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most harmful thing is foolishness
أَضَرُّ شَيْءٍ الْحُمْقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How bad an ailment foolishness is!
بِئْسَ الدَّاءُ الْحُمْقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The poverty of foolishness is not alleviated by [material] wealth
فَقْرُ الْحُمْقِ [الْأَحْمَقِ] لَا يُغْنِيهِ الْمَالُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
All [forms of] poverty can be redressed except the poverty of foolishness
كُلُّ فَقْرٍ يُسَدُّ إِلَّا فَقْرَ الْحُمْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no poverty more severe than foolishness
لَا فَاقَةَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْحُمْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no ailment worse than foolishness
لَا دَاءَ أَدْوَى مِنَ الْحُمْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dimwittedness is idiocy
السَّفَهُ خُرْقٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The weapon of ignorance is dimwittedness
سِلَاحُ الْجَهْلِ السَّفَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dimwittedness is not like intelligence
لَيْسَ السَّفَهُ كَالْحِلْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The dimwit does not know the right of the wise one
لَا يَعْرِفُ السَّفِيهُ حَقَّ الْحَلِيمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ineptness is the worst quality
الْخُرْقُ [الخلق] شَرُّ خُلُقٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ineptness is a disgraceful attribute
الْخُرْقُ [الْحُزْنُ] شَيْنُ الْخُلُقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ineptness is not in anything but that it tarnishes it
مَا كَانَ الْخُرْقُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no attribute more belittling than ineptitude
لَا خُلَّةَ أَزْرَى مِنَ الْخُرْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Imbecility is from the most detestable of traits
مِنْ أَقْبَحِ الشِّيَمِ الْغَبَاوَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness leads to superfluity
الْحُمْقُ يُوجِبُ الْفُضُولَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness makes one a stranger in his own hometown
الْحُمْقُ فِي الْوَطَنِ غُرْبَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fool is a stranger in his [own] hometown, [and is] humiliated among his near ones
الْأَحْمَقُ غَرِيبٌ فِي بَلْدَتِهِ مُهَانٌ بَيْنَ أَعِزَّتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
With foolishness, what is sought is not achieved
لَا يُدْرَكُ مَعَ الْحُمْقِ مَطْلَبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dimwittedness attracts evil
السَّفَهُ يَجْلِبُ الشَّرَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of dimwittedness for verily it causes one to be deserted by his friends
إِيَّاكَ وَالسَّفَهَ فَإِنَّهُ يُوحِشُ الرِّفَاقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Shun dimwittedness, for verily it belittles a person and dishonor’s him
دَعِ السَّفَهَ فَإِنَّهُ يُزْرِي بِالْمَرْءِ وَيَشِينُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dimwittedness is enough as a disgrace
كَفَى بِالسَّفَهِ عَاراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Increased dimwittedness brings about ill feelings and gives rise to hatred
كَثْرَةُ السَّفَهِ تُوجِبُ الشَّنَئَانَ وَتَجْلِبُ الْبَغْضَاءَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose obscenity increases is regarded as vile
مَنْ كَثُرَ سَفَهُهُ اسْتُرْذِلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fool does not improve by being disgraced
الْأَحْمَقُ لَا يَحْسُنُ بِالْهَوَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A fool does not improve by abasement and he is does not separate from fault and loss
الْأَحْمَقُ لَا يَحْسُنُ [يحسن] بِالْهَوَانِ وَلَا يَنْفَكُّ عَنْ نَقْصٍ وَخُسْرَانٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Foolishness is occupying oneself with the superfluous and accompanying the ignorant
الْحُمْقُ الِاسْتِهْتَارُ بِالْفُضُولِ وَمُصَاحَبَةُ الْجَهُولِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The foolishness of a person is recognized by [his] cheerfulness in times of blessing and increased abjectness in times of tribulation
تُعْرَفُ حَمَاقَةُ الرَّجُلِ بِالْأَشِرِ فِي النِّعْمَةِ وَكَثْرَةِ الذُّلِّ فِي الْمِحْنَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The foolishness of a person is recognized in three things: in his talking about that which does not concern him, [in] his answering that which he was not asked and his recklessness in [his] affairs
تُعْرَفُ حَمَاقَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي كَلَامِهِ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ وَجَوَابِهِ عَمَّا لَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْهُ وَتَهَوُّرِهِ فِي الْأُمُورِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
For the fool there is an oath with every statement
لِلْأَحْمَقِ مَعَ كُلِّ قَوْلٍ يَمِينٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who uses obscene language is reviled
مَنْ سَافَهَ شُتِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever disapproves of the faults of people but accepts them in himself, then that is a fool
مَنْ أَنْكَرَ عُيُوبَ النَّاسِ وَرَضِيَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ فَذَلِكَ الْأَحْمَقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness
مِنَ الْحُمْقِ الدَّالَّةُ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
From the signs of foolishness are: being audacious without any means and boasting without [possessing] any nobility
مِنْ دَلَائِلِ الْحُمْقِ دَالَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ آلَةٍ وَصَلَفٌ بِغَيْرِ شَرَفٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being audacious in front of the king is an act of foolishness
مِنَ الْحُمْقِ الدَّالَّةُ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Increased fickleness is from the signs of a fool
مِنْ أَمَارَاتِ الْأَحْمَقِ كَثْرَةُ تَلَوُّنِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dimwittedness is the key to ridicule
السَّفَهُ مِفْتَاحُ السِّبَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Frivolity [and heedlessness] makes life bitter
الطَّيْشُ يُنَكِّدُ الْعَيْشَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ineptness is opposing [others’] views and having enmity with one who is capable of causing harm
الْخُرْقُ مُعَادَاةُ الْآرَاءِ [مُنَاوَاةُ الْأُمَرَاءِ] وَمُعَادَاةُ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الضَّرَّاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In impudence and excessive joking there is foolishness
فِي السَّفَهِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْمِزَاحِ الْخُرْقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who belittles others for that which he himself does, then that is an imbecile
مَنْ أَزْرَى عَلَى غَيْرِهِ بِمَا يَأْتِيهِ فَذَلِكَ الْأَخْرَقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greatest foolishness is exaggeration in praise and censure
أَكْبَرُ الْحُمْقِ الْإِغْرَاقُ فِي الْمَدْحِ وَالذَّمِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most foolish of all people is the one who thinks that he is the most intelligent of all people
أَحْمَقُ النَّاسِ مَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ أَعْقَلُ النَّاسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most foolish of people is the arrogant pauper
أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ حُمْقاً الْفَقِيرُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most dim-witted of all fools is the one who boasts with foul language
أَسْفَهُ السُّفَهَاءِ الْمُتَبَجِّحُ بِفُحْشِ الْكَلَامِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greatest foolishness is being conceited in [the state of] poverty
أَعْظَمُ الْحَمَاقَةِ الِاخْتِيَالُ فِي الْفَاقَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most foolish of all people is the one who prevents good deeds and [then] seeks gratitude, and does evil and [then] expects the reward for [doing] good
أَحْمَقُ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَمْنَعُ الْبِرَّ وَيَطْلُبُ الشُّكْرَ وَيَفْعَلُ الشَّرَّ وَيَتَوَقَّعُ ثَوَابَ الْخَيْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most foolish of all people is the one who censures others for a vice while he [himself] performs it
أَحْمَقُ النَّاسِ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ رَذِيلَةً [رَذَائِلَهُ] وَهُوَ مُقِيمٌ عَلَيْهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping silent is the best response for a fool
السُّكُوتُ عَلَى الْأَحْمَقِ أَفْضَلُ جَوَابِهِ [مِنْ جَوَابِهِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The remoteness of a fool is better than his nearness and his silence is better than his speech
بُعْدُ الْأَحْمَقِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قُرْبِهِ وَسُكُوتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ نُطْقِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The friendship of a fool is like a tree of fire, part of it consumes [its] other parts
مَوَدَّةُ الْأَحْمَقِ كَشَجَرَةِ النَّارِ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The friendship of a fool vanishes the way a mirage vanishes and is dispersed the way mist gets dispersed
مَوَدَّةُ الْحَمْقَى تَزُولُ كَمَا يَزُولُ السَّرَابُ وَتُقْشَعُ كَمَا يُقْشَعُ الضَّبَابُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never have hope in the favour of one who makes you feel obliged, and do not rely upon the fool and the traitor
لَا تَرْجُوَنَّ فَضْلَ مَنَّانٍ وَلَا تَأْتَمِنِ الْأَحْمَقَ وَالْخَوَّانَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never show respect to a fool, even if he is [apparently] great
لَا تُعَظِّمَنَّ الْأَحْمَقَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبِيراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not dispute with the fools and do not be infatuated with women, for indeed this degrades the intelligent ones
لَا تُنَازِعِ السُّفَهَاءَ وَلَا تَسْتَهْتِرْ بِالنِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُزْرِي بِالْعُقَلَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing corrects the dimwit but bitter [and harsh] speech
لَا يُقَوِّمُ السَّفِيهَ إِلَّا مُرُّ الْكَلَامِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Justice can never be sought from the foolish one except by being forbearing with him
لَا يُنْتَصَفُ مِنْ سَفِيهٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِالْحِلْمِ عَنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Refraining from replying a dimwit is the best reply you can give him
تَرْكُ جَوَابِ السَّفِيهِ أَبْلَغُ جَوَابِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who enters the circle of dimwits is debased
مَنْ دَاخَلَ السُّفَهَاءَ حُقِّرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who censures a dimwit has exposed himself to insult
مَنْ عَذَلَ سَفِيهاً فَقَدْ عَرَّضَ لِلسَّبِّ نَفْسَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech